Nehemiah 4:6
World English Bible (WEB)
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
In context
4 “Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.
5 Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
6 So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;
8 and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion among us.
Nehemiah 4:6 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
- KJV King James Version
- So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined — unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half of it, for the people had a mind to work.